Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal
Volume 4
- 1st Edition, Volume 4 - September 2, 2009
- Authors: Helen Baston, Jennifer Hall
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 4 2 5 6 - 0
'Postnatal' is the fourth title in the Midwifery Essentials series and explores contemporary postnatal care for women and their families, exploring the role of the midwife as a… Read more
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'Postnatal' is the fourth title in the Midwifery Essentials series and explores contemporary postnatal care for women and their families, exploring the role of the midwife as a member of the multi-professional team. This book thoroughly prepares the reader to provide safe, evidence-based, woman-centred postnatal care for mothers and their babies.
- The postnatal examination of the woman, and the baby check
- Care of the baby in the immediate postnatal period
- The features of the normal neonate
- The newborn clinical examination
- Hospital postnatal care and caesarean section
- The role of the community midwife and emotional wellbeing
- Postnatal fertility control
- Issues involved in supporting the woman to feed her baby.
- The postnatal examination of the woman, and the baby check
- Care of the baby in the immediate postnatal period
- The features of the normal neonate
- The newborn clinical examination
- Hospital postnatal care and caesarean section
- The role of the community midwife and emotional wellbeing
- Postnatal fertility control
- Issues involved in supporting the woman to feed her baby.
Student and practising midwives; labour ward personnel; nurses studying midwifery
Postnatal Volume:
1. Introduction
2. Postnatal care: principles and practice
3. Care of the baby at birth
4. Examination of the newborn
5. Hospital postnatal care
6. Post-operative care following a caesarean birth
7. Postnatal care in the community
8. Emotional wellbeing following birth
9. Fertility control advice after birth
10. Supporting the mother to feed her baby
1. Introduction
2. Postnatal care: principles and practice
3. Care of the baby at birth
4. Examination of the newborn
5. Hospital postnatal care
6. Post-operative care following a caesarean birth
7. Postnatal care in the community
8. Emotional wellbeing following birth
9. Fertility control advice after birth
10. Supporting the mother to feed her baby
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 4
- Published: September 2, 2009
- Language: English
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Helen Baston
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Midwife Public Health, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Researcher / Lecturer, University of Sheffield; Honorary Lecturer Sheffield Hallam University, UK.JH
Jennifer Hall
EdD RM ADM MSc (Reproduction & Health) PGDip(HE)
Affiliations and expertise
Independent Midwifery Educator and Researcher, Bristol, UK